Some people who know me are surprised that I still live in the city and don’t have a yearning to move out to the countryside. And if you’d asked me twenty or thirty years ago, I might have said that was what I’d love to do.

But my thinking has changed since those days. I still love all the things I loved then, and enjoy doing the same kinds of things. But I’ve realised over the years that I can do all of them here in the city, and have all the advantages of city life as well.

American Museum, outside the Kaffe Fassett exhibition

Partly that’s because we live in a relatively small city. We chose to live in this bit of the city when we came here with young children because it’s within easy walking distance from the centre (about a mile, whichever way you go). Even when they were very young they could manage it. It’s also within easy walking distance from the edge of the city – a couple of miles, all uphill, but still much less than an hours walk. Pretty much anywhere you stand in Bath, you can see green fields at the edge of the city, and green spaces within it. Plus we have easy access to an allotment – in those days they were there for the asking.

Hens on the allotment (before the move)

Here in the city we have a great public library, a lovely theatre (not that we go often, but still….), an independent cinema and a big multiplex, many concert venues and local choirs, orchestras and bands, regular festivals of one kind or another, art galleries, museums, some quirky cafes, good rail links, and all the other things a comparatively prosperous city can offer.

Drop-in crochet session (street decorations)

We rarely use the car for anything we do in town. Our children grew up being able to walk to and from evenings out with friends – no chauffeuring for us (0r for them).

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About deborah @ the magic jug

Now I've passed 60 I'm still doing all sorts of things I haven't done before, as well as carrying on with the things I already love. I live a happy life with my long term love Malcolm. In my blog I explore local and low tech ideas, food, growing, making, reading, thinking, walking, and lots of other words ending in 'ing'.

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